AECP - With A Twist

 

My cards for the Altenew Academy’s With a Twist class taught by Therese Calvird. Even though I have been a card maker for 17 years Therese gave a few ideas that I had never tried before. She gives instructions and ideas for layering stamps in different ways, using unusual color mixes, acetate, cutting the card front differently than just straight, mixing modern & vintage designs, and faux embossing.

For my cards I decided to do partial die cutting for the cut oddly and the faux embossing technique.

Card 1:

Was done using the cut oddly technique. I did partial die cutting using the coordinating die for Altenew’s In the Woodlands stamp set and after deciding where I wanted it to cut, I lined up the top cutting plate on my Spellbinders Platinum just to where I wanted the cut to stop and ran the card front through my machine. I was then able to line up the stamp to the cut and use Altenew Jet Black ink to stamp the outline. Once the image was stamped on the card front, I used the layering stencils to color in the image using Altenew Fresh Dye inks.

Products Used:
Stamps – Altenew In the Woodlands, Altenew Classic Greetings
Inks – Altenew Fresh Dye Inks in Jet Black, Pale Mauve, Amethyst, Firefly, Grass Field, Shadow Creek

Card 2:

Was done created using the faux embossing technique. Therese used an alphabet die set to cut the word she used for her card. I decided to be lazy and use one of the many word dies that I have in my collection.

For this I die cut the Altenew Waterbrush Hello die six times to cover the card front, then using Bearly Arts liquid glue I glued each of the words to the card front. Once they were dry, I used scissors to trim off any overhanging pieces. 

The butterfly was stamped using Altenew Jet Black Fresh Dye Ink and then I used Taylored Expressions Honey ink to layer the stamps. After the butterfly was die cut using the coordinating die, I popped it up on the card front with foam.

Products Used:
Stamps – Altenew Dovetail Butterflies
Dies – Altenew Waterbrush Hello
Inks – Altenew Fresh Dye Inks in Jet Black, Taylored Expressions Honey